Dealing with a blocked drain in N7, we are typically 60 to 90 minutes away. Our engineers cover Holloway, Barnsbury and Tufnell Park and the streets around them, day and night, 365 days a year.
What we cover in N7
N7 includes Holloway, Barnsbury and Tufnell Park, within Islington. Homes, flats and commercial premises are all covered, from a slow sink to a complete system.
Holloway and Tufnell Park combine terraces, estates and converted flats. Heavier than average loading on original pipework, together with shared laterals, produces blockages that affect more than one household at a time.
Common causes in N7
Most of what we attend in N7 has one of these behind it:
- Cooking fat washed into the kitchen waste, which solidifies as soon as it cools
- Wet wipes, which do not break down all the way to the sewer
- Root growth finding an open joint
- Sand and silt building up where flow slows
Signs worth reporting
The symptoms worth reporting when you ring:
- Standing water in a yard gully long after use
- Two or more fittings affected together, which points at the shared run
- Bubbling in the pan as another appliance drains
- Foul odour around a chamber that is stronger in warm weather
How the visit works
Every job follows the same sequence, which is what keeps the price fixed:
- Check the chambers along the run to find where the flow stops
- Confirm whether the fault is inside your boundary
- Clear the blockage with water jetting at a pressure suited to the pipe
- Prove the flow from every connected appliance before we finish
Before we arrive
Useful steps before we arrive:
- Keep water use to nothing, particularly appliances on a timer
- Move children and pets away from the affected area
- Make sure the chambers can be reached
- Have your postcode and a description ready so we arrive prepared
Who pays for the repair
Whose pipe it is matters as much as what is in it. Shared drains and laterals transferred to the water company in England in 2011, which means a fault beyond your boundary is theirs to fix. We establish which side of the line the fault sits and tell you plainly, including when the answer is that you should call Thames Water instead.
What it costs in N7
Outside drain clearance is a fixed £144 plus VAT. There is no call-out charge in N7, at any hour. You know the cost before the engineer picks up a tool.